There were very few power lines down, only a few places has ice storms. There were no power lines down anywhere in north Texas. It had to do with power plant capacity.
Did you watch the interview?
In all of Texas history power only went out because storms destroyed lines. This is the first time they simply couldn’t generate electricity. And it’s a failure of the Republican Party that has run the state for 25 years.
Big wind was not winterized, along with a bunch of their carbon consuming infrastructure that underperformed.
It’s like the southern trucker with 40 weight in his crankcase, straight water in his radiator, and an old pair of batteries. After a night at the truck stop at 10F, the old girl ain’t workin too well.